RE: Question about strange System Event Log Message: soylentgreen ser
- From: nass <nass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:56:03 -0700
"NickB" wrote:
I occasionally have my computer freeze while using Cakewalk Sonar software
for mixing audio. When this happens, I am forced to reboot the computer via
the reset switch. After doing so, I always check the drives for consistency.
Since checking C: (my system drive) requires rebooting the system, I always
check the system event logs after rebooting to see the message printed out by
the chkdsk program (or its equivalent). Lately, I've been seeing a new
message that is a rather strange one:
"The soylentgreen service was successfully sent a start control."
This is repeated a number of times as I browse through the system event
messages that are issued during boot-up.
Here's a little more info on one of these messages:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7035
Date: 7/9/2007
Time: 12:04:18 PM
User: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx
Computer: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Description: The soylentgreen service was successfully sent a start control.
More strangeness!!! As I browsed through the System Even Log, I received a
message saying the event log was corrupt and now there is a red 'x' to the
left of the "System" selection in the left hand frame and the right hand
frame no longer shows any messages - just a message saying "No items to show
in this view."
1) Is the event log corruption benign and just a result of my rebooting the
computer via the reset switch? (Suggestions to uncorrput/fix this would also
be appreciated).
2) Is the strange event log message about the "soylentgreen service" benign
and just some microsoft programmer's sense of humour?
OR...
Should I be worried about having a cracked computer.
FWIW, I keep my XP computer up to date daily with regard to Norton/Symantec
Anti-Virus and Firewall signatures. I also regularly check and upgrade to
the latest MS service pack. Also, I run checks once a day for spyware and
malware with Spybot and AdAware. From those checks, the system seems clean.
Still, this is a strange and new message, so I thought I'd check to see if
any of you have run across this.
Nick
--
I think it is a screen saver downloaded, try to scan for malware and
on-line scanner to get better/another opinion.
HTH.
nass
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